GOP congressional hopeful Mike Grimm blasted President Barack Obama’s Afghan war strategy, saying that the president should have sent all the troops requested by commanders in the field, and should not have placed any deadline on U.S. withdrawal.

“Commitment and resolve are not and should not be limited by temporal constraints,” said Grimm, a former FBI agent and decorated Marine veteran of the Gulf War. “The strict time limit of eighteen months directly questions our resolve, and sends the wrong message to our enemies, our troops and our allies.The decision to send three-quarters of the requested amount of troops further demonstrates a lack of resolution to the ultimate goal of victory in Afghanistan."

Grimm said that in the Gulf War, soldiers were given “a clear mission statement to liberate Kuwait and destroy Iraqi military power. There were no public deadlines to guide our enemies to our plans.”

Said Grimm, “The conditions on the ground in Afghanistan and the victory that our soldiers deserve should dictate the withdrawal date of our troops, not an arbitrary date certainly chosen prematurely.”